Jim,
Ah there's the rub, in your last phrase - "if any quality issues could
arise".  If it were to happen, for whatever reason, each solder bar
manufacturer could then point at the other.  Unless you are talking a lot of
solder I would recycle it or use it in a small static solder pot, not in one
of your wave solder machines.

regards,
Bev Christian
Nortel Networks

> -----Original Message-----
> From: West, Jim [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 1999 4:40 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [TN] Mixing solder bars from different manufacturer's
>
> Hi all,
>
> This might be a silly question, but I received some left over solder from
> a
> customer that is made by a different manufacturer than what we use.  Both
> solder bars are 63/37 and I want to know if you can mix solder from
> different manufacturers, I'm not sure if manufacturers do anything
> different
> with their product or if any quality issues could arise.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jim West
> Manufacturing Engineer
>
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